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annoying

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə noi′ing)

an•noy•ing /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj.

causing annoyance;
bothersome;
irritating:an annoying cough.

an•noy•ing•ly, adv.

an•noy•ing (ə noi′ing),USA pronunciation adj.

causing annoyance;
irritatingly bothersome:annoying delays.

1325–75; Middle English; see annoy, -ing²

an•noy′ing•ly, adv.
an•noy′ing•ness, n.

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annoying /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ adj

causing irritation or displeasure

anˈnoyingly adv

an•noy /əˈnɔɪ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]

to disturb or bother in a way that displeases, troubles, or irritates: [~ + object]My neighbor's loud television annoys me.[It + ~ + object + that clause]It annoyed me that my neighbors played their TV late at night.

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That music annoys me. It is annoying music. Another annoyance was when the train was late.

an•noy (ə noi′),USA pronunciation v.t.

to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.
to molest;
harm.

v.i.

to be bothersome or troublesome.

[Archaic.]an annoyance.

Anglo-French, Old French a(n)nui, etc., derivative of the verb, verbal
Late Latin inodiāre to cause aversion, from Latin phrase mihi in odiō est … I dislike …; compare in-², odium, ennui, noisome; (noun, nominal) Middle English a(n)noi, ennoi
Anglo-French, Old French anoier, anuier to molest, harm, tire
(verb, verbal) Middle English an(n)oien, enoien 1250–1300

an•noy′er, n.

bother, worry.

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annoy /əˈnɔɪ/ vb

to irritate or displease
to harass with repeated attacks

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French anoier, from Late Latin inodiāre to make hateful, from Latin in odiō (esse) (to be) hated, from odium hatredanˈnoyer n

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Synonyms: irritating, frustrating, bothersome, troublesome, disturbing, more...

Collocations: have an annoying [cough, headache, cold], have an annoying [habit of, tendency to], is an annoying [habit, person, song, sound, feature], more...

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